Looking Back Review by Bruce Eder

These sides didn't sell at all, but they do show that Floyd had everything that he needed, in terms of style and voice, for stardom as early as 1962, when they were cut. The numbers bridge the gap between doo wop-type R&B and his subsequent, more soulful and mature sound at Stax, with some killer tracks, Floyd's own "Bye Bye Baby," "Never Get Enough of Your Love," and "I'll Never Find Another Girl Like You," plus one cool shouter, "The Whip"; his singing and the emotions he calls up are nearly enough to bring the listener's heart to their throat. Much of what is here is a little too busy, having been cut too close to the doo wop era, but the ingredients for success are all here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlXZ8-2e23k&list=RDUlXZ8-2e23k&start_radio=1

#EddieFloyd #SoulMusic #Music #DooWop

RIP Colonel Steve Cropper 🎸

'66, whatta year

* Booker T. & The MG's - Silver Bells (on the In the Christmas Spirit album, 1966) : https://soundcloud.com/bookertthemgs/booker-t-the-mgs-silver-bells

* Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood : https://soundcloud.com/eddie-floyd/01-knock-on-wood

* Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour (on The Exciting Wilson Pickett album) : https://soundcloud.com/wilsonpickett/wilson-pickett-in-the-midnight

#SteveCropper #BookerTAndTheMGs #EddieFloyd #WilsonPickett #Soul #Instrumental #Stax #ChristmasSongs

Buddy Guy // #BuddyGuy //

Knock On Wood
(remastered 2025 / Live At New Orleans House, Berkeley, CA / 1968)
[album This Is Buddy Guy! (remastered) 2025]

//via // #VanguardRecords #CraftRecordings //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #BuddyGuy #ThisIsBuddyGuy #LiveAtNewOrleansHouse #KnockOnWood #EddieFloyd #LeslieCrawford #JackMeyers #GlenwayMceer #TimKaihatsu #ACReed #BobbyFields #GeorgeAlexander #NormanSpiller

link bandcamp: https://buddyguy.bandcamp.com/track/knock-on-wood-remastered-2025-live-at-new-orleans-house-1968

Johnnie Taylor // #JohnnieTaylor //

Just The One (I've Been Looking For)
[album Rare Stamps, 1969]

//via // #CraftRecordings #ConcordMusicGroup //

#buzzingroom #music #bandcamp #JohnnieTaylor #RareStamps #JustTheOne #JustTheOneIHaveBeenLookingFor #AlBell #EddieFloyd #SteveCropper #DonDavis #AlJacksonJr. #DaleWarren #Stax

link bandcamp: https://johnnietaylor.bandcamp.com/track/just-the-one-ive-been-looking-for